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Shop Collection (#94)

"Exploring the Royal Shopping Experience: From Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Selfridges" Step into a time capsule and transport yourself back to c1953

Background imageShop Collection: Mr. J. Benjamin, a store owner, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Mr. J. Benjamin, a store owner, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Mr. J. Benjamin, a store owner

Background imageShop Collection: Mr. J. Benjamins daughter waiting on a customer in her fathers store, Washington, D. C. 1942

Mr. J. Benjamins daughter waiting on a customer in her fathers store, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Mr. J. Benjamins daughter waiting on a customer in her fathers store

Background imageShop Collection: Housewife bargaining in the store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, Washington, D. C. 1942

Housewife bargaining in the store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Housewife bargaining in the store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin

Background imageShop Collection: Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, D.C. 1942

Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Background imageShop Collection: Mr. J. Benjamin, owner of the grocery store patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, DC, 1942

Mr. J. Benjamin, owner of the grocery store patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, DC, 1942
Washington, D.C. Mr. J. Benjamin, owner of the grocery store patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Background imageShop Collection: Shopper in a store at 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942

Shopper in a store at 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Shopper in a store at 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W

Background imageShop Collection: Shopper on Saturday afternoon, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Shopper on Saturday afternoon, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Shopper on Saturday afternoon

Background imageShop Collection: Panhandler on 7th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Panhandler on 7th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Panhandler on 7th Street, N.W

Background imageShop Collection: Display window at 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Display window at 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Display window at 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W

Background imageShop Collection: View from the bedroom window of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government worker, Washington, D. C. 1942

View from the bedroom window of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government worker, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. View from the bedroom window of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government worker

Background imageShop Collection: A tailor in Franks cleaning and pressing establishment altering... Washington, D.C. 1942

A tailor in Franks cleaning and pressing establishment altering... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A tailor in Franks cleaning and pressing establishment altering a pair of pants for a customer

Background imageShop Collection: Clerk waiting on a customer in the store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, Washington, D. C. 1942

Clerk waiting on a customer in the store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Clerk waiting on a customer in the store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin

Background imageShop Collection: Interior of the grocery store patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, D.C. 1942

Interior of the grocery store patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Interior of the grocery store patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Background imageShop Collection: Corner store which is patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, Washington, DC, 1942

Corner store which is patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, Washington, DC, 1942
Washington, D.C. Corner store which is patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Background imageShop Collection: Office and company store, Malone, Grays Harbor County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Office and company store, Malone, Grays Harbor County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Office and company store, which shut down when mill closed in 1938. Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, Malone, Washington

Background imageShop Collection: General store interior, Moundville, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

General store interior, Moundville, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
General store interior. Moundville, Alabama. [Advertisements for Coca-Cola and fertiliser; loaded shells; paraffin lamps; fruit jars; crockery; baking trays; rope; sacks of self-raising flour; boxes

Background imageShop Collection: Shoeshine stand, Southeastern U. S. 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Shoeshine stand, Southeastern U. S. 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Shoeshine stand, Southeastern U.S. [Sign: Shine - Bennie Sims. On bicycle: City Shine Parlour ]

Background imageShop Collection: County seat of Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

County seat of Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
County seat of Hale County, Alabama. [C.A. Johnson & Son ready-to-wear cash store; McCollum Grocery Co.; Loftis Cafe; drugstore; barber shop; Gulf gas station]

Background imageShop Collection: Grocery store, Greensboro, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Grocery store, Greensboro, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Grocery store. Greensboro, Alabama. [ McCollum Grocery Co.; Sugar, Tomato Juice; Paper Napkins; Bacon Skins; Fyers; Roe Herring; Vanilla Wafers; Irish Potatoes

Background imageShop Collection: Abandoned store, Advance, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Abandoned store, Advance, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Abandoned store. Advance, Alabama. [Signs: 666 laxative, colds and fever, tonic; Pete Jarman for Congressman]

Background imageShop Collection: Crossroads store, Sprott, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Crossroads store, Sprott, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Crossroads store. Sprott, Alabama. [U.S post office, with signs advertising Arcadian nitrate of soda; Coca-Cola; Granger rough cut tobacco; Pan-Am motor oil and orange gasoline]

Background imageShop Collection: Sign on Alabama Avenue, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C (vicinity), 1942

Sign on Alabama Avenue, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C (vicinity), 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C (vicinity). Frederick Douglass housing project. Sign on Alabama Avenue

Background imageShop Collection: Scene in Harlem area, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Scene in Harlem area, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Scene in Harlem area

Background imageShop Collection: On main street of potato town during harvest season, Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On main street of potato town during harvest season, Merrill, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On main street of potato town during harvest season. Merrill, Oregon. [Klamath potatoes for sale. Sgns: Stolt Lodge Spud Cellar ; Welards Soft Drinks on Tap ]

Background imageShop Collection: Stores and community center in model lumber company town, Gilchrist, Oregon, 1939

Stores and community center in model lumber company town, Gilchrist, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stores and community center in model lumber company town, Gilchrist, Oregon

Background imageShop Collection: On main street, a new town, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On main street, a new town, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California. Siskiyou County, Tulelake. On main street. A new town. [Posters in the windows of Casino Cafe and Warren Hotel, advertising Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey air-conditioned circus shows]

Background imageShop Collection: Pastime Cafe on main street of small potato town, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Pastime Cafe on main street of small potato town, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake. Pastime Cafe on main street of small potato town

Background imageShop Collection: Deputy sheriff, stationed at... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939

Deputy sheriff, stationed at... near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Josephine County, near Grants Pass. Deputy sheriff, stationed at paymasters window on large Williamette hop ranch. Owner employs between 500 and 600 hop pickers for three weeks each year

Background imageShop Collection: On main street of Williamette Valley town, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

On main street of Williamette Valley town, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On main street of Williamette Valley town. Independence, Polk County, Oregon

Background imageShop Collection: Street corner, Williamette Valley, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Street corner, Williamette Valley, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street corner, Williamette Valley. Small town during hop season. Independence, Polk County, Oregon

Background imageShop Collection: Main street... hop growing district of Williamette Valley, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Main street... hop growing district of Williamette Valley, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Main street, population 1, 248, in hop growing district of Williamette Valley. Small town. Independence, Polk County, Oregon

Background imageShop Collection: Main street, in front of Oregon Employment Center office, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Main street, in front of Oregon Employment Center office, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Main street, in front of Oregon Employment Center office. Man with blanket roll is Indian, come to find job in hop fields. Independence, Polk County, Oregon

Background imageShop Collection: Across the counter is Ghost Town Cafe, Vader, Lewis County, Western Washington, 1939

Across the counter is Ghost Town Cafe, Vader, Lewis County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Lewis County, Vader. Across the counter is Ghost Town Cafe

Background imageShop Collection: In the center of town, Tenino, Thurston County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

In the center of town, Tenino, Thurston County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Thurston County, Tenino, Washington. In the center of town

Background imageShop Collection: Elma, Grays Harbor County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Elma, Grays Harbor County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, Elma. Note type architecture, very common in western Washington

Background imageShop Collection: Buena, Yakima County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Buena, Yakima County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Buena, Yakima County. Yakima Valley small town. A county which ranks fifth in the United States in value of agricultural production

Background imageShop Collection: Looking down main street of a frontier town... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA, 1939

Looking down main street of a frontier town... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California Siskiyou County, Tulelake. Looking down main street of a frontier town, still impaired. This town has no safe drinking water

Background imageShop Collection: Main street, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California. Siskiyou County, Tulelake. Main street. [Man outside Safeway store]

Background imageShop Collection: Looking down main street of a frontier... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939

Looking down main street of a frontier... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California Siskiyou County, Tulelake. Looking down main street of a frontier town, still impaired. This town has no safe drinking water

Background imageShop Collection: Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town, Medford, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town, Medford, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Medford. Half-grown farm boy on main drugstore corner in town

Background imageShop Collection: Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida

Background imageShop Collection: Sign in front of an employment agency, Jacksonville, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Sign in front of an employment agency, Jacksonville, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Jacksonville, Florida. Sign in front of an employment agency

Background imageShop Collection: Stevedore who packs and loads crates of fish on the lower east side, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Stevedore who packs and loads crates of fish on the lower east side, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Stevedore who packs and loads crates of fish on the lower east side

Background imageShop Collection: Street peddler in the Harlem section, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Street peddler in the Harlem section, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Street peddler in the Harlem section

Background imageShop Collection: A Harlem street scene, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

A Harlem street scene, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. A Harlem street scene

Background imageShop Collection: A tenament house in Harlem, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

A tenament house in Harlem, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. A tenament house in Harlem

Background imageShop Collection: Main street, Elma, Grays Harbor country, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street, Elma, Grays Harbor country, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Grays Harbor country. Elma. Main street. Note modern building which adjoins Elma city hall. The real estate and flower business is across the street

Background imageShop Collection: Crossroads grocery store and filling station, Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park, 1939

Crossroads grocery store and filling station, Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crossroads grocery store and filling station, typical of many such small enterprises in new community. Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park




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"Exploring the Royal Shopping Experience: From Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Selfridges" Step into a time capsule and transport yourself back to c1953, where you can witness the regal splendor of shopping during the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Immerse yourself in history as you stroll through Stamford / Lincs in the 1950s, capturing glimpses of a bygone era. But let's not forget that shopping is not just about royalty; it encompasses various aspects of society. Take a detour to Hogarth's Gin Lane, an iconic depiction of drinking and intemperance that reminds us of the darker side often associated with consumerism. For book lovers, Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris beckons with its literary charm. Lose yourself amidst shelves filled with timeless classics and feel inspired by the words that have shaped generations. Embark on an extraordinary journey along El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Along this ancient path, pilgrims find solace while encountering quaint shops offering mementos symbolizing their spiritual quest. Venture across continents to O'Connell Street in Limerick City, Republic of Ireland. Here lies a bustling hub where locals gather for vibrant street markets like Vucciria Market in Palermo, Sicily. The aroma of fresh produce fills the air as vendors proudly display their wares - a true feast for all senses. Travel further south to Central America's Panama and discover Kuna Indian traditional molas at Cristobal. These intricate textiles tell stories passed down through generations and offer unique treasures for those seeking cultural immersion through shopping. Back on British soil, experience retail therapy at its finest within Birmingham's Bullring Shopping Centre or marvel at Castle Junction and Royal Avenue in Belfast - two destinations showcasing modernity alongside historical charm.